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A newsletter of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.


April 20, 2021Send shout-outs, story ideas, and webinar information to Aidan McCallion at
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Shout-Out

Villarruel to Head National Culture of Health Advisory Group
The National Academy of Medicine has named Antonia Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN, to steer its Culture of Health Program Advisory Committee through 2023. Villarruel, the dean of nursing at UPenn, will chair the committee that guides the program’s efforts to further health equity. Villarruel also co-chairs the Campaign’s Strategic Advisory Committee. 

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Playbook, the Complex Care Online Resource, Names New Advisers
Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, is among 17 new members of the advisory board of the Better Care Playbook, the resource center that serves as a repository of the best in evidence-based practices to improve care for people with complex needs. Mason, an adviser to the Campaign, is senior policy service professor at the George Washington University School of Nursing.

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Campaign News and Features


Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Report Goes Public on May 11
On Tuesday, May 11, the National Academy of Medicine will release its long-awaited Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report at 11 a.m. ET, followed by a webinar at 3 to review the findings. Originally due out in 2020, the Future of Nursing: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity was delayed as the NAM expanded the report to include information about the pandemic and recommendations on how nurses can reduce health disparities.

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All 2021 Health Equity Forums Focused on Nursing Now Online
Since the start of the year, the Campaign has brought together leaders from business, government, consumer organizations and more to discuss how nursing is and can be a path to increased health equity. Now the three Health Equity Action Forums—on diversifying the workforce; nursing in the community; and nurses and financial stability—are online.

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Wisconsin “Icon” Nichols Leads “Respond Now” Nurse Program
The latest issue of UMOJA, the oldest African American-owned magazine in Wisconsin, features both “Madison icon” Barbara Nichols, MS, RN, FAAN, and an initiative funded by the Campaign’s Nursing Innovations Fund. Reports UMOJA: “Wisconsin Center for Nursing Executive Director Barbara L. Nichols is the brains behind the urgent educational training project” that focuses on vulnerable populations.

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In Colorado, “Nurses Are Taking a Hard Look at Their Ranks”
Denver’s KUSA turns its cameras on Colorado’s efforts to diversify its nursing workforce, interviewing Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence CEO Ingrid Johnson, DNP, MPP, RN, and Mauritha Hughes, MS Ed, BSN. CCNE, co-lead organization of the Colorado Action Coalition, spells out how greater diversity equals better health outcomes, and what the center is doing.

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Entrepreneurs Head Up Nurse-Led Viven Health
Nurse entrepenur Tom Ahrens, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Natasha Dickinson, MSN, FNP-C, are on a mission to educate and motivate people to improve their own health. That’s why Ahrens founded Viven Health, and Dickinson, as Viven’s director of clinical affairs, is helping guide the nurse-led company that offers simulated learning.

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AARP and Nurses on Boards Coalition Want You!
Every community welcomes leadership, and now’s the time to get involved: AARP and the Nurses on Boards Coalition seek nurses to represent AARP on community boards working to improve patient care, support family caregivers, build healthier communities and advocate for policies that lead to better health and well-being.  

 

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Action Coalitions: What’s Up? Tell Us So That We Can Share
Fans of the Campaign for Action like to learn what’s happening in other states. But we might not know your stories. Help us celebrate your efforts and share details of progress by dropping a note to Aidan McCallion at
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Funding, Tools, and Other Opportunities

New - Complex Care Center Seeks Six Regional Hosts
The National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs seeks, and will fund, six organizations to each host a regional event that focuses on ideas and initiatives that create and support person-centered, integrated systems of care. Selected organizations will receive $5,000, and subject matter and logistical support. Deadline to apply: May 19.

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Fellows Sought to Be Interdisciplinary Research Leaders
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks applicants for its Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, a three-year national leadership development program designed to support new interdisciplinary, action-oriented research collaborations, in the name of achieving health equity. Deadline: May 5.

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Apply to Present at Complex Care Workshop
If you work in complex care, consider presenting at the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs’ virtual conference, October 20-22. How have you adapted your programs, tools, and partnerships to meet your participants’ needs? This year’s theme: “Trust, trauma, and healing in our communities.”

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Systems for Action Aims to Boost Health Equity
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action program seeks proposals to measure the impact of collaborations across the nation’s fragmented medical, social, and public health systems—partnerships that allow organizations to better share in the costs, benefits, and influence that govern these initiatives. Grants are available for research to evaluate solutions. Deadline: June 9.

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RWJF Funds Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
What can we do today to create a better, more equitable tomorrow? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invites scientists, anthropologists, artists, urban planners, community leaders and others who have new ideas that could alter the trajectory of health to apply for the Pioneering Ideas grant. No deadline.

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Meetings and Webinars
Meetings open to all unless otherwise noted. Follow links for details about fees and registration.


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Coronavirus Information Tele-Town Halls

AARP. Thursdays, 1 p.m. ET. Call-in number: (855) 274-9507.



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Improving Care Transitions for Older Adults

The National Center for Complex Health & Social Needs. April, 29, 2-3 p.m. ET.



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Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Consensus Study
National Academy of Medicine. May 11, 3-4:30 p.m. ET.



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Public Health and Population Health: A Distinction with a Difference: Part 2

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. May 11, 2 p.m. ET



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NurseHack4Health: Improving Access to Care

Johnson & Johnson, SONSIEL, Microsoft, and dev up. May 14-16



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An Insider’s Look at 2020-2030 Future of Nursing Report: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity

American Association of Colleges of Nursing, May 18, 2 p.m. ET.



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2021 MDAC Virtual Leadership Summit
Maryland Action Coalition. May 24, 9:15 a.m. ET


Campaign for Action Stakeholder Summit

Center to Champion Nursing in America. June 3-4.


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NASN2021 Annual Conference

National Association of School Nurses. June 21-25.


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Putting Care at the Center 2021

National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. October 20-22.



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Achieving Health Equity Through Growth, Innovation, and Reflection

Michigan Center for Nursing. October 22.









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